Monthly Archives: March 2016

by Ann Harrison, Director, Freedom to Write Programme, PEN International When asked about freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia, there is not much else to say other than ‘it hardly exists’. Ranked as 164 out of 180 countries in...

To mark five years since the start of the Syrian conflict, PEN International will be publishing a series of interviews with Syrian writers and journalists in its Syria’s Voices series. Mohammad Habeeb is a prominent Syrian translator, with over...

4 March 2016 Freedom of expression is severely limited in Sudan. Dissenting voices – whether they be activists, journalists or political opponents – are frequently targeted in what appears to be state-sanctioned assault on freedom of expression. Independent and...

The call for war in Darfur begins with the Hakamat – the ‘Janjaweed women’. Huddled as one, they move from house to house, street-to-street, energetic hate songs filtering through every door opened. The spirited words of bravery, bloodshed and...

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